Folding paper-board box and stay therefor.



E. M. HAWKINS.

FOLDING PAPER BOARD BOX AND STAY THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9,1912.

1,1 02,750. Patented July 7, 1914.

' hesirelv a) lied fastenin sta stay has generally been applied to theadonnng side-Wall. sections of the blank with ddffii lildte Pi liillilhlfi EDGAR M. HAWKINS, Oh ROCHESTER, NEH YORK, ASSIGNOR TQM. D. KNOWLTONCOMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CDRFORATIQN 0F NEW YORK.

FOLDING- PAPER-IBOARD BOX AND STAY THEREFQR.

ildfiZJZtid Application filed August 9,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, EDGAR M. HAWKINS, citizenof the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of,Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding Paper-Board Boxes and Stays Therefor, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding papee board boxes and fastening staystherefor, and one of the principal objects of the invention is toprovidemeans for reducing the danger of a fastening stay on the edge of a boxbeing; stripped, torn or rubbed ofi' from the box. 5

In the manufacture of folding or knockdown paper-board boxes it iscustomary to score and cut a one-piece blank along suit-- able lines forpermitting the folding or setting-up of the blank into box form. it hasalso been customary to join the ends of the blank at one edge of the boxby an ad in the form Such of a strip of strong sheet material.

its ends overlapping onto the end wall sections, and in setting up theboxes with the fastening or joining stay applied in such manner, it hasbeen the-practice to slit the overlapping ends'of the stay backlengthwise thereof with a sharp knife to permit ot the end wall sectionsbeing folded down onto each other in usual manner. Some have held thatthis slitting of the stay facilitated the tearing of the same, Whileothers have held that the tendency of the stay to tear when slit andfolded around the corner of a box in this manner was no greater thanwhen the stay was cut shorter and applied with square ends terminatingat the edges of the side Wall sections. However this may be, a stay soformed at its end as to have a substantially U-shaped opening-that is, astay in which a substan tially U-shaped piece with the closed endof theU facing inward is cut bodily out of the end of the stay-is muchsuperior to either of the others just described, as there Specificationof Letters Patent.

iatenteddnly 1912. Serial in. 714,152.

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is inuch less tendency for a tear to start in the tape. This isespecially the case with stays made of strong textile fabric or tape inwhich the closed end of the il-shapcd cut runs substantially in thedirection of the woof of the fabric in which case it exceedinglydiilicult to tear against the woof threads. I

An important object of the present i ticn is to prevent this re ing of band the result is obtained by main r use of stayssubstantially the typedescribed, that is to say, by employing a stay in which the,- end isbifurcated in such a manner that a piece is taken bodily out of the endof the stay. which piece when rcznoved leaves a longitudinal opening orcutout portion the inner end wall of which is defined by a line runningin. a general direction crosswise of the stay.

()tlier features of the invention not hereinbefore referred to will behereinafter described and claimed and are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a plan of a portion of a finished paper-board boxhlanlF-that is, a paperboard box complete except for set ting itup-ha\'ing applied thereto a stay such as hereinbefore described, andFig. 2 is a perspective of the same showing the parts in the positionsthey assume at one cornerof the box when the finished blank set up inboxform. Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

l3 designates in a general Way a portion of a finished bot: blanh in itsunfolded or spread-out state. l our adjoining sections or Walls of thisblank or box are illustrated,

the same being designated respectively by t e). O

i and llere the sections u and 3 represent side walls of the box, While,4 and 5 maybe end flaps for forming, one end or the top of the box.These parts are or may be substantially of the usual and ordinaryconstruction, they being formed froinf.

a blank suitably scored and out along in tersecting lines, such as'li,7, 8 and ,91, for permitting the proper folding of the and flexiblematerial.

, thereof.

ferent sections atjthe edges represented by v said lines. It has beencustomary to join so that approximately half of the main portion of thestay will adhere to one sec tional wall 2 and the other. half to theadjoining sectional wall 3 of the box, any suitable adhesive beingemployed for the purpose ofcausing it to adhere. At its ends,

however, this stay difiers from those heretofore'employed in that aportion of it is cut out len thwise of the strip to leave a substantia yU-shaped opening, that is, an

opening having an end wall; defined by a :line running in a generaldirection cross- Wise of the strip.

The two ends or forks formed by bi'furcating one end of the stay in thismanner are caused to adhere. to the t5 twosections or flaps, such as land 5, that are intended to be folded down onto each ;;other.tofori'irone end-such as the topof.

the box. Preferably the'opening formed by bifurcating the-end of thestay is substantially U-shaped or semi-elliptical, as illustrated at 11,the forked ends result-ingfrom dividing the stay in this manner beingindicated at 12 and 13. It will-be seen that the inner end wall of 85the opening '11 runs substantially in the same general direction as thewoof of the tape from which the stay is formed, and that it is thereforeexceedingly difficult to-tcar the stay lengthwise. Moreover, it will be40 seen that when the box is set up, as illustrated in 2 the shape ofthe inner walls of the forked ondsj12 and '13 of the stay issuch as toreduce to the minimum the danger of the-stay being torn or rubbed offasa re sult of catching on an obstruction or otherwise. Because of thesethings a box provided with a fastening stay constructed and appliedsubstantially in the manner described and illustrated, has great advanta"es overv those heretofore used and is aflorde a 'much better protectionat the, corners What I claim is':-, 1. A folding box of paperboard orlike material, comprising a blank scored and out to form a plurality ofwalls two of which are adapted to' be folded down onto each other topositions in which they are in planes substantially perpendicular to theplanes of two adjoining walls, in combination with a stay comprising vastrip of, sheet material having a longitudinally bifurcated end'theopening in which is substantially U-shaped Ward and locatedsubstantiallv at the corner of said four walls and the forks of said hi;furcated end adhering to the two walls which are adapted. to be foldeddown onto each other and with the body portion of the strip adhering totheother two walls.

2.'*A folding box of paper-board or like material, comprising a blankscored and cut to form a plurality of walls two of which are adapted tobe folded down onto,each other to positions in which they are in planessubstantially perpendicular to the planes of two adjoining walls, incombination with a stay comprising a strip of textile' fabric having alongitudinally bifurcated end the opening in which is substantiallyU-shaped with the closed end of the opening facing inward and locatedsubstantially at the corner of said four walls and running in thegeneral direction of the woof of the strip and with the forks of saidbifur cated end adhering to the two walls which are adapted to be foldeddown onto each other and with the body portion of the .strip adhering tothe other tw wallsz/ material, comprising a blank scored and cut to forma plurality ofwalls two of which are adapted to be foldeddown onto ea'chother to positions in. which they are in'planes substantiallyperpendicular to theplanhs of two adjoining walls, in cornbinationfxwith a stay comprising a strip of/t'exti le fabric having 'alongitudinally bifurcated end t e opening in which issubstantiallyseIni-el hptical with the longitudinal axis i the opening running in thegeneral diredt'ion of the warp of the strip and the rounded end of theopening facing inward and located substantially at the corner of saidfour walls and running in the general direction of the woof of the stripand with the forks of said bifurcated end adhering to the two wallswhich are adapted to be folded down onto each other and with the bodyportion of the strip adhering to the other two walls.

l. A fastening or joining stay for paperboard boxes, said staycomprising a strip of sheet material having a longitudinally bifurcatedend the opening in which is substantially -U-shaped with the closed endof the opening facing'inward,

5. A fastening or board boxes, said stay comprising a strip of textilefabric having a longitudinally bifurcated end the opening in which issubstantially U-shaped with the closed end of the opening facinginwardand running in the general direction of the woof of the strip.

6. A fastening or joining stay for paperboard boxes, said staycomprising a strip of with the closed end of the'opening faced in- 3. Afolding box of papersboardoflike joining stay for paper- I textilefabric having a longitudinally bifur-' founded end of the opening facinginward cated end the opening in which is substan- Signed at Rochester,in the county of tially semi-elliptiizal with the longitudinalIVIc-nroe, and State of New York, this 31st axis of the opening runningin the general day of July, A. D. 1912.

EDGAR M. HAWKINS.

direction of the warp of the strip and the Witnesses H. W. SPEARES,

andrunning in the general direction of the Tnos. D. PA'ITON.

weed of the strip.

